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Chemistry: Au, Elemental Gold
Class: Elements
Group: Gold
Uses: Major ore of Gold as mineral specimens jewelery/gold in vaults used in armor way back when
Color: Golden Butter Yellow
Luster: Metallic
Transparency: Opaque
Crystal system: Isometric
Cleavage: Absent
Fracture: Jagged
Streak: Golden Yellow
Hardness: 2.5-3
Specific Gravity 19.3
Associated Minerals: Quartz, Nagvagite, Caleverite, Sylvanite, pyrite, and sulfides
Notable Occurrences: California, South Dakota, Siberia, Russia, South Africa, and Canada
Best Field Indicators: Color, Density, Hardness, Sectility, Malleability, and ductility






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